QB Tarvaris Jackson wants to stay with Seattle Seahawks

Russell Wilson wasn’t the only Seahawks quarterback who played in Super Bowl XLVIII. Seattle was so far ahead of the Denver Broncos by the final minutes Feb. 2 that backup QB Tarvaris Jackson got to take some snaps.

Playing in the Super Bowl, and winning a ring, was of course a dream of Jackson’s. And even though the eight-year NFL veteran, who returned to the Seahawks in 2013 after a year with the Bills, likely would have benefited from QB injuries in Buffalo, he recently said he was happy to be back with Seattle and have the chance at a championship.

“I thought about it, but I’m not even looking back,” Jackson told the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser. “Whatever happened there was meant to happen for me to go back to Seattle. For some reason, it just felt right. I always felt like I was going back anyway. The way things were shaping up in Buffalo, I was figuring they would draft a quarterback. That was the way things were shifting.

“I could have been in Buffalo and probably would have been playing, but now I’m with the Super Bowl champions. The competitive side of me always wants to be playing, but me being a team player and the champion I am, I think it’s great to have that championship under your belt because it creates different avenues for you for the rest of your life.”

Jackson, 30, reportedly is aware that his stock will only keep falling as he gets older. Of course he’d love to be a starting quarterback again, as he was at times for both Seattle and Minnesota, but reality seems to be setting in for the free agent.

“It’s a possibility,” he said in Tuesday’s report. “I know there is some interest there on both sides. Just the way it ended (last season), I would think so but I know it’s a business. I know there are other guys they are obligated to trying to get (re-signed), but I’d love to go back. I understand that at the same time, I might have to move on. We’ll see.”

Would you like Tarvaris Jackson to return to Seattle?

Yes! He's familiar with the Seahawks and he fits well in their scheme.